Multisensory stimulation in stroke rehabilitation

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MARCH 2012, 2012, Pages

  Johansson, Barbro Birgitta ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTION OBSERVATION; AGE; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENDER; GESTURE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGERY; IMITATION; LANGUAGE; MIRROR NEURON; MOTOR IMAGERY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTISENSORY STIMULATION; MUSIC THERAPY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; REHABILITATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE REHABILITATION; TRAINING WITH A MIRROR; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VIRTUAL REALITY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84933674869     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00060     Document Type: Article

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